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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did Benedicion Alvarado give for her housing preference?
(a) She preferred the elegance and extravagance of the grand room.
(b) The big house made her feel like the Pope's wife.
(c) She preferred the proximity to her son.
(d) She claimed the open air was better for her health.

2. Where is it said that Manuela retreated to?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Colombia.
(d) Venezuela.

3. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?
(a) A man is thrown in the moat.
(b) A man is burned alive.
(c) A man is fed to crocodiles.
(d) A man is flayed alive.

4. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?
(a) They are honored as the General's personal guards.
(b) They are released into the wild.
(c) They are killed.
(d) They are made the national reptile.

5. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?
(a) God Save the Magnificent!
(b) God Damns Sinners!
(c) We Shall be Redeemed!
(d) Long Live The General!

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Patricio Aragones give for his claim that he and the General would meet death at a tie?

2. How old was the General when he died?

3. How does the General disguise his inability to speak?

4. What does the General flavor his water with?

5. How does Patricio Aragones die?

(see the answer key)

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